Cymbalta and Weight Gain

Cymbalta has been shown to cause weight gain in 25% of
patients using the drug. Diet and exercise alone does not stop the Cymbalta
weight gain or reverse the Cymbalta weight gain. A recent joint study, conducted
by University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and the John Curtin School of
Medical Research, Australian National University (1),
found:

When a patient takes a Cymbalta for even a short
duration, comes off the Cymbalta, becomes exposed to stress at anytime in
the future, the stress causes the Cymbalta weight gain to start.

The Cymbalta alters the body on the cellular level and
until that alteration is corrected, it is like a setting time bomb waiting
for the right activator to put the Cymbalta weight gain in motion.

If you were prescribed Cymbalta for any type of nerve pain,
you will probably find the supplements used with this diet very helpful for the
pain. As discussed in this site, the JNK gene becomes over activated due to the
Cymbalta and coincidently nerve pain activate the JNK gene as well. Reducing the
activation of the JNK gene helps the body get relief from the inflammation and
more.

With the current TV advertising of Cymbalta for joint pain and
fibromyalgia, you may be taking Cymbalta for those conditions, and it is a
guarantee the JNK gene in your cells are already overly activated due to those
physical conditions. The activation of the JNK gene along with the Cymbalta
putting further activation on the JNK gene will lead to insulin resistance and
ultimately weight gain and in the future diabetes.

The history about the acceptance of Cymbalta and
weight gain:

Prior to 2002, it was believed all antidepressants would only cause
weight loss

Near the end of 2002, antidepressants and weight gain became a
listed side effect by the F.D.A.

When Cymbalta was approved by the F.D.A for depression,
physicians began prescribing it instead of the earlier antidepressant
choices they had to offer.

With Cymbalta not being more effective than a placebo for
depression, the drug manufacture change their marketing approach for
Cymbalta to pain management.

The end of 2010, an Israeli medical research team
(2) uncovered the cause of Cymbalta weight gain

As mentioned above, the Miami and the Australian
researchers uncovered how Cymbalta weight gain can begin weeks, months or
even years after the discontinuation of Cymbalta, due to sudden stress

You need to change your diet and use a diabetic type of diet,
reverse the over activation of the JNK gene and get your insulin resistance back
in line.

Your prescribing doctor may be using outdated clinical studies
regarding Cymbalta and weight gain. It is not uncommon for a physician to tell
their patients "Cymbalta only causes weight loss, not weight gain." Your
physician may have seen patients lose weight when they first started taking
Cymbalta, that is not uncommon, and when the same patient began gaining weight a
year or two later the physician assumed it was only due to diet and or no
exercise.

Using the most current information available and putting that
information to work for you and your physician, there is a way to lose the
Cymbalta weight or to stop the weight gain from ever becoming an issue for you.
Follow the JNK Diet and you should see remarkable results quickly and feel much
better during the weight loss process.

Follow the Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid sections in this
web site, start getting some exercise, use the JNK supplements to help reverse
what the Cymbalta has done to the body and start enjoying live again.

(1) John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT, Australia